Pubudu Dassanayake appointed Nepal coach

KATHMANDU: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Saturday appointed former Sri Lanka and Canada cricketer Pubudu Dassanayake as the head coach of the men's national team. This will be Dassanayake's second stint with the Nepal team after being their coach from 2011 to 2015.

He now replaces Dav Whatmore who resigned from the position in September after the end of Nepal's ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 matches in Muscat, Oman.

"I am simply gratified and blessed that I have got this opportunity to work with Cricket Association of Nepal. I am hopeful I would be able now to take Nepal cricket to a great height as we have immense talent not only in senior level but also in the junior level. I would like to thank Cricket Association of Nepal and entire management, cricket fans from Nepal for providing me this wonderful opportunity," said Dassanayake on his appointment.

The 51-year-old featured in 11 Tests and 16 ODIs as a wicketkeeper for Sri Lanka between 1993 and 1994. Though he never got to feature for Sri Lanka later, he was a member of Sri Lanka A team in 1995, 1997 and 1998. In 2001, he left Sri Lanka for Canada and made his international debut for them in 2005, representing them in ICC Trophy and ICC Intercontinental Trophy. IANS

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